Demystifying menopause

All In The Mind

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Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Science

4.4 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Whether you're 19 and never given it a thought, or 40 and starting to wonder, menopause is an unavoidable part of life for half the population.

But many of us are shaky on the details of what to expect — apart from hot flashes/flushes, maybe.

Former model Ali Daddo was one of those people: totally unprepared, and caught off guard when it hit. She's on a mission to make sure other women are more informed – and therefrom more empowered – than she was.

Just a heads up, this episode touches on mental health struggles and suicide. Please take care while listening.

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0:00.0	A.B.C. Listen. Podcasts, radio, news, music and more.
0:07.7	A quick heads up. This episode touches briefly on the topic of suicide. Take care while listening.
0:13.8	Hey, I'm from the ABC. Can I ask you a quick word association?
0:17.9	What comes to mind when I say menopause?
0:21.6	Old age?
0:23.6	Like, uh, old woman?
0:26.6	What do you call it?
0:27.6	Like hot flushing and cold flushing?
0:30.6	I'm not sure.
0:31.6	Do you know what menopause is?
0:33.6	Uh, no.
0:35.6	Have you ever heard of it?
0:36.6	Yeah, I've heard of it, yeah. Okay, but you have no clue what it involves?
0:39.3	Yeah.
0:40.3	Okay, you can't really blame him because in your teens and 20s,
0:44.3	menopause is generally not on your mind, whatever your gender.
0:48.3	And I've basically bailed up these uni kids and sprung a menopause pop quiz on them. Um, do you know what the difference is between peri menopause and menopause?
0:58.0	Which menopards?
0:59.0	Peri menopause.
1:00.0	Peri.
1:01.0	I've never heard of that before, I'm sorry.
1:04.0	Do you know what time it hits? Like what age?
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